20th Annual Walk-A-Thon In honor of our 20th anniversary, Presentation Academy would like to invite all Presentation graduates, their families, and friends to join students, faculty and staff on a 2.8 mile walk through downtown Louisville.  After the walk, please enjoy a picnic style lunch in the Pres courtyard.  Tours will be available of the campus following lunch.  Meet in the Arts & Athletic Center at 9:00am on September 24, 2010.  Registration is $20, and includes a t-shirt and lunch.  Children are free - strollers welcome.  Rain or shine ... no refunds.  Click here to download the registration form. Presentation Academy's Girls' Night Out Presentation Academy will be hosting a Girls' Night Out on Tuesday, September 14 for prospective families!  All grade/middle school girls and their parents are invited!  Current families are invited as well.  Festivities will begin at 4:30pm.  Cheer on the Topper Volleyball Teams to victory!  Game times are 5pm, 6pm and 7pm.  FREE admission for everyone!  Cool giveaways provided by Presentation Academy, 99.7 DJX Radio, VYPE High School Sports Magazine and Chick-Fil-A.  For more information please contact Ruth Hans '87 at (502) 583-5935 ext. 109. Borders Benefit Days for Presentation Academy Stop by your local Borders or Walden bookstores September 24-25th for 10% of your purchase to be given back to Presentation Academy!  Click here to download Presentation's voucher which must be presented at time of purchase and may be used at any local Borders or Walden bookstores (including Clarksville, IN).  You can also purchase books online with Pres' online code PRES9245A which anyone, anywhere can use at Borders.com on September 24-25th. Presentation Celebrates Seven Seniors Who Will Continue Athletic Careers at the Collegiate Level           Celebration Includes Honoring National Merit Finalist Presentation Academy honored seven of its senior student-athletes who will continue their athletic careers at the collegiate level with a celebration in the Arts & Athletic Center on Tuesday, April 27.  The following seniors signed letters of intent: Meghan Bowers, Volleyball, Transylvania University Ryann Cartor, Dance, Bellarmine University Grace Nafziger, Swimming, Illinois Wesleyan University Latosha Scott, Volleyball, Jackson State University Camille Seger, Cross Country and Track, Centre College Julianne Sutton, Tennis, Thomas Moore College Ginny Zimlich, Soccer, Bellarmine University In addition, as part of the celebration, Presentation Academy honored National Merit Finalist and National Merit Scholarship Recipient Kelly Sullivan, who will continue her career at Harvard University. Presentation Senior Sarah Flaherty Receives Girl Scout Gold Award Senior Sarah Flaherty, a member of Girl Scout Troop 581, was awarded the Girl Scout Gold Award, the highest award a Girl Scout can achieve. on April 18.  In order to earn the award, Sarah organized a group of 25 middle-school students, named "Team Impact," who performed ten different service projects for nine different agencies around the city.  The goal of the project was to introduce young adolescents to the diversity of the community and the importance of volunteering.  Among the various organizations that Team Impact helped included the Humane Society, the Good Samaritan Center, Habitat for Humanity and Hearts for Kenya.  Mission Club Participated in Alternative Spring Break with Mission Trip to Appalachia For the third consecutive year the Presentation Academy Mission Club participated in an alternative Spring Break with a four-day mission trip to Appalachia.  While in Appalachia they worked on various projects including building a handicapped accessible ramp outside the mobile home of a young woman, shoring up a sagging floor, replacing stairs and a hand rail for a widow, removed old flooring and replacing it with tile flooring, and helped an older couple with repairs to their air vents.  The Mission Club was started in the Fall of 2007 to explore and participate in many mission opportunities in the Appalachian area.  In order to participate in the trip each student was required to raise $175.  The money raised helps cover the cost of building materials used for the construction.  The trip was organized through the help of Hand in Hand Ministries. Presentation Academy Arts & Athletic Center Receives Cornerstone Award Presentation Academy officially opened the new Arts & Athletic Center, located at 900 South Fourth, on August 17, 2009 when the school opened for its 178th year of educating young women from Jefferson and surrounding counties and Southern Indiana. The new state-of-the-art facility includes a 700+ seat performance gymnasium, a theater that seats approximately 300, studio space for the dance and visual arts programs, an athletic conditioning area, and offices for the athletic, art and physical education/health departments. The Arts & Athletic Center received a Cornerstone Award on Wednesday, March 24.  Awards were presented to recently completed projects in or near downtown in more than $1 million has been invested.  Presentation Academy officials view the new Arts & Athletic facility as a critical element in a vibrant and exciting future for the historic school that has more than 8,000 living alumnae.  School leaders also view the new building as an investment in downtown Louisville, as Presentation considers the entire downtown area to be its campus. Presentation Senior Kelly Sullivan Named National Merit Finalist Presentation Academy senior Kelly Sullivan has been named a National Merit Finalist by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC). NMSC is a not-for-profit organization that was established in 1955 to honor outstanding high school students.  Kelly is a member of the National Honor Society, the Prezettes, the Mission Club, the Top Hat Theater Dept., Cross Country and Track Teams, and holds a 4.0 grade point average. She is the daughter of Joe and Laura Sullivan. iPres Check Out iPres, created by the Presentation Academy Podcasting Club: http://www.ipresonline.blogspot.com/. Presentation Senior Christina Sauer Wins the American Legion Kentucky District Oratorical Contest Senior Christina Sauer was the winner of the American Legion Kentucky District Oratorical Contest.  She received a $100 cash prize and medal, and will represent the district at the upcoming state competition.  The contest, sponsored by the American Legion, is designed to instill a greater knowledge and appreciation of the United States Constitution.  It also strives to include the development of leadership skills, the ability to think and speak clearly, and the preparation for acceptance of the duties, responsibilities, rights and privileges of American citizenship.